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664: 866:. The former, who normally arose as a result of the division of land, always had a house and garden within the village, or within a farming community, something which was considered essential for reasons of protection and mutual assistance. Now, land that could be farmed, no matter how poor, was cleared elsewhere in the parish; often miles away from the village or nearest settlement, and in its middle, a so-called 331: 1158: 45: 151: 617:. The agricultural improvement that transformed the rural economy of the Lowlands in the 18th century, created larger farms with fewer tenants. From the 1770s onwards, this left no place for the cottar: many migrated to the nearby developing industrial towns, others became farm servants or day labourers for the new larger farms. 924:
One definition of cottier in Ireland (c. 1700–1850) was a person who rented a simple cabin and between one and one and a half acres of land upon which to grow potatoes, oats, and possibly flax. The ground was held on a year-to-year basis and rent was often paid in labour. Usually, the land available
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During the early decades of the nineteenth century, the situation for cottiers worsened considerably as the population continued to expand. This way of life was brought abruptly to a close by the effects of the potato blight, which resulted in death by starvation and disease of many peasants, with
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In return for the grant of a house and a plot of land for his own use, a Kossät not only had to pay interest in cash or in-kind (e.g. of chickens or grain), but also had to render services in the form of manual labour or provision of draught animals and harnesses, i.e. to assist with the harvest,
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level because of high rents and the competition for land and labour. The more prosperous cottier worked for his landlord and received cash after rent and other expenses were deducted. There was no incentive to improve a land holding, as any such improvement usually prompted a rent increase.
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Ein Kossät musste als Gegenleistung für die Überlassung eines Hauses und eines Grundstücks für eigene Bewirtschaftung an den Grundherrn nicht nur Zinsen in bar und Naturalien (z. B. Hühner, Getreide) sondern auch 'Hand- und Spanndienste' leisten, d. h. bei der Ernte helfen
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were generally sited on the edge of a village or were sub-divisions of an old farm. Because the return on their land was frequently insufficient to sustain their livelihood, they usually supplemented their income with a craft or trade, or by working as
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was spun and processed into textiles for export, than crops. The landowners raised rents to unaffordable prices or evicted entire villages in what became known as the
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were comparatively few, numbering fewer than seven thousand people. They were scattered unevenly throughout England, located principally in the counties of
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had another main occupation. They were e. g. teachers, craftsmen or, if their land was sufficient, farmers. Their land was beyond the fields (
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whose exact status has been the subject of some discussion among historians, and is still a matter of doubt. According to Domesday, the
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for the 17th and most of the 18th century. They held small amounts of land from lease-holding farming tenants of the traditional
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to the cottier class was land that the owners considered unprofitable for any other use.
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A cottar or cottier is also a term for a tenant who was renting land from a farmer or
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had a small vegetable garden that also provided a secondary source of income. Most
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of 1845–49. After the Famine, the cottier class almost completely disappeared.
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Highland Cottars (including on the islands, such as Mull) were affected by the
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D.J.Hickey & J.E.Doherty, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 1980. Pp. 98-99.
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The Polish equivalent of the cotter (at least to the 19th century) was the
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Cottars were between a third and a half of the rural population of the
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was not really given an inheritance proper and he ranked below the
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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The Scottish Clearances: A History of the Dispossessed, 1600-1900
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by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1854-1960
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Die ländliche Verfassung in den Provinzen Ost- und Westpreußen
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Around the middle of the 15th century, encouraged by a form of
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and translates "who sits in a cottage". Cotter houses (
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is recorded in Germany from the 14th century. The term
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( 569: 561: 551: 537: 958:- the term used for clearances in England. 473: 459: 319: 308: 294: 140: 639:Cottars were often idealised in Scottish 129:Learn how and when to remove this message 1080:, Akademie-Verlag Berlin, 1985, pp.421ff 994: 854:and by the rapid population growth, the 806:) allocated to the full-time farmers or 987: 968: 823:In the social agricultural hierarchy a 870:was built which was allocated to the 827:ranked below the full-time farmer or 7: 67:adding citations to reliable sources 1258:1770s disestablishments in Scotland 882:. Unlike the heirs or old farmers ( 536:is often employed to translate the 1323:Social class in the United Kingdom 1194:Entry KOTHSASZ,KOTSASZ in Grimm's 25: 1293:History of the Scottish Highlands 1263:1849 disestablishments in Ireland 816:usually had a small share in the 1156: 937:consequent depopulation, of the 731:(sg./pl.) ("cottage"). The term 329: 149: 43: 524:for example). 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